Camp Tri Cam Dyneema Set

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Camp Tri Cam Dyneema Set

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This is a set of the most popular Camp Tri Cam sizes (0.5, 1, 1.5, 2). These are also anodized and on dyneema tape, rather than the standard nylon.

Camp Tri Cams are versatile, lightweight and compact, working well where other nuts and cams are almost impossible to place, such as narrow pockets and peg scars. This is due to the fact that they operate using a single camming unit, allowing them to be placed in very narrow positions where spring-loaded camming devices (Friend's Camalot's etc.) will not fit. All the smaller sizes are particularly good in this sort of scenario, with sizes 2 and 2.5 being the right size for many quarry shot-holes.

In their simplest mode Tri Cams can be placed like a standard chock/nut. However, to take advantage of a Tri Cams full potential in cracks, scars and solution pockets, position the attached sling down between the camming rails, insert into the rock and then give the sling a good yank to "set" the unit. To add security to the placement you can locate the point of the unit in a small depression or place in opposition with another nut.

Specification
Colours: Pink, Brown, Red, Purple.
Set weight: 168g

Size	Weight	Strength (Cam)	Strength (Chock)	Head Width (mm)	Range (mm)	Colour
0.5	26g	9kN	6kN	42	16-28	Pink
1.0	35g	9kN	8kN	42	20-30	Red
1.5	50g	14kN	12kN	48	26-38	Brown
2.0	55g	14kN	12kN	48	29-41	Purple

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Product Reviews

Fall, or Tri-Camming?

Posted by Luca Celano on 26th Jan 2011

I was initially sceptical about the tri-cam concept as I didn’t see how they would compliment a standard rack of nuts, regular cams, and hexes.

The triangular shape made me think that they would be awkward to place as passive nuts, and that they would need to be fiddled with in active mode, looked harder to place than a standard squeezey cam.

Thankfully they have actually proved very useful. The odd shape is actually a bonus when placed as a passive nut as it can allow funny rock lumps to sit in the grooves whilst the body touches the main crack, much in the same way an offset nut can work.

The camming mode takes a little practice to get right – placing in the crack the correct way round and then seating takes a little bit of work and is not as simple as a standard cam. This however is a benefit as thinking carefully about the tri-cam placement and seating it correctly feels very satisfying and secure. The use of tape make placing them easier in horizontal positions where a regular cam would have the stem bent over an edge when loaded.

CAMP give some very interesting alternative uses for tri-cams as bi-directional anchors, rigging two up using elastic to use their camming actions against each other to hold firm. I’ve never tried this, but it could be just the ticket in some outlandish situation.

For most people, the two main selling points probably come down to price and weight. The larger sizes feel lighter than a similarly sized cam and with individual tri-cams working out at £10-20 they are very affordable.

Over all, they probably wont replace anything you already have on your rack, but they can definitely compliment it.